The United Way of the Greater Triangle has announced the Wake County Community Innovation Fund to provide funding to organizations doing systems change work in the following areas: 1) access to healthcare; 2) mental health and 3) housing.
Donor Name: United Way of the Greater Triangle
State: North Carolina
County: Wake County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/02/2022
Grants Size: $100,000
Details:
The purpose of the Community Innovation Fund is to mobilize 501(c)(3) partners and collaborators working in Wake County to make sure that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible and that an individual’s personal circumstances that negatively impacts their health and well-being are eliminated or reduced.
The following approaches will be used to fulfill the fund’s purpose:
- Build community capacity to reach populations that are disproportionately affected with effective culturally and linguistically tailored programs, policies, and practices
- Build and implement cross-sectoral partnerships to align public health, healthcare, and non-health (e.g., housing, transportation, social service) interventions
- Identify and establish collaborations with critical partners affiliated with and who provide services to populations that are underserved and at higher risk for COVID-19
- Connect grant fund strategies to established Live Well Wake Community Health Improvement priorities for increased alignment and systems-level SDOH improvement
- Support systems-level changes, but not individual, direct assistance fees (i.e. paying rent for an individual).
The applicant is encouraged to be innovative in their approach to changing systems addressing one of the areas below.
- Access to Healthcare
- expand access to health coverage for Wake residents at highest risk for COVID disparities
- Mental Health
- reduce stigma associated with mental health support for residents
- expand access to mental health supports for the most vulnerable residents
- Housing
- address disparities impeding access to safe affordable housing
Funding Information
The Community Innovation Fund will award $100,000 to five organizations addressing the social determinants that increase the risk of individuals experiencing COVID-19.
For more information, visit United Way of the Greater Triangle.
